diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
index 04f7530d6a..a38041dd71 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializationException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.core.Conventions;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.PriorityOrdered;
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @see Required
  */
 public class RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter
-		implements PriorityOrdered, BeanFactoryAware {
+		implements MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor, PriorityOrdered, BeanFactoryAware {
 
 	/**
 	 * Bean definition attribute that may indicate whether a given bean is supposed
@@ -127,6 +129,9 @@ public class RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBeanP
 	}
 
 
+	public void postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, Class beanType, String beanName) {
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public PropertyValues postProcessPropertyValues(
 			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName)